Mendip Tranmitter

Description

100km cycling event starting from Oddown cycling track, , Bath. Controls at At Butcombe Distance To Blagdon, Cheddar Please Obtain A Receipt As Proof Of Passage, At Wells Road Number To Bath B32_ _, At Stoke-St-Michael Name Of Store On The Left, At Norton-St-Philip Name Of Bed And Breakfast On The Left and Oddown Cycle Track Finish.

The Mendip Transmitter
Was built by the BBC between 1967 to 1969 to provide UHF TV Coverage to Avon.Somerset.south Gloucestershire.West Wiltshire.and North Dorset It stands at 293m(950 feet) tall on Penn hill (305m

1000 feet and is one of only five cylindrical steel tube masts remaining in the UK
First transmission was BBC 2 on 1st of December 1969 with BBC1 and ITV following in May 1970 New antenna were installed in 2009 for Digital switchover
Weather permitting the Mendip Transmitter will be visible on the south horizon shortly after leaving the outskirts of Bath and will appear at various times on the ride

Event Date and Location

Date:

Sun, 7 Jul 2024 Add Event to my Personal Calendar

Distance:

100 km (100 km) in 6h40

Time:

00:00 to finish by 06:40

Starting from:

Oddown cycling track, , Bath

Fee:

£6.00

Closing Date:

Sun 30 Jun 2024

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